R Observatory: Metrics for birdcolors version 1.0.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

birdcolors

1.0.1Package record

Create Palettes from the Colors of the World's Birds

0packages depend

1.4Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Ben TonelliCRAN page ↗

Create attractive palettes based on the colors of the world's birds. Palettes are composed of 2 to 9 colors, with options to expand palettes via interpolation. Compatible with the package 'ggplot2' and base R graphics.

Changes in 1.0.1

Initial CRAN release

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("birdcolors", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-birdcolors

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-birdcolors

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-birdcolors

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 52 s · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-06-09
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-08
OK5 OK2026-04-04

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.0.1

READMEYes · 138 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 67% structured · mentions 1.0.1Citation fileYes · software entry onlyWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 7
Examples that run: 100%7 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

1.4K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #22,902 · ~4/day · ~113/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

18930 days

57890 days

1.4K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on47 r2u3 autocran

How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Installing birdcolors adds 17 packages (7 with compiled code, 14 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: ggplot2 6.0 MB, isoband 1.5 MB, farver 1.2 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.0

Imports (1)

ggplot2

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (4)

Ben Tonelli

Author, Maintainer since 1.0.1 (2026)

Casey Youngflesh

Author

Ellie Magaldi

Contributor

Chris Sayers

Contributor

Releases (1)

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.0.1Latest
record
2026-04-03 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-04-03
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0
Download size: 7.3 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' entry:

citation("birdcolors")

The package provides a citation file, so citation() returns the authors' own entry.

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for birdcolors version 1.0.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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